Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, and still without injured point guard Tony Parker, the Spurs needed each of their remaining stars to play well.

Instead, Duncan was 1 of 10 for a season-low five points, suffering through the most inaccurate shooting night of his 12-plus seasons. His previous low-water mark was a 1-for-8 performance against Minnesota on April 20, 2005.

Jefferson scored 20 points, his fourth straight double-digit outing, and Ginobili threw in 18, but the only other Spur to reach double digits was Ian Mahinmi, with 10..

“Just a bad night, namely myself,” said Duncan, who missed his last nine shots. “I think it kind of starts with me. Manu played great, Richard played great. I just didn't play well.”

The loss interrupted a string of good basketball for the Spurs, who had won eight of nine and four in a row. It marked the team's most lopsided defeat since losing 90-64 in Utah on April 4, 2008.

It was also Orlando's largest margin of victory over the Spurs in franchise history.

Defensively, the Magic didn't exactly throw the kitchen sink at Duncan. They simply sent Dwight Howard, the league's reigning Defensive Player of the Year, at him. When Howard got in early foul trouble, they dispatched Marcin Gortat, their backup 7-footer.

“It's not like they did a miracle defense on him,” Ginobili said. “He just had a bad night.”

With Duncan struggling, the Spurs (40-26) didn't have the arsenal to keep up.

It didn't help that the Magic (48-21) began the game on fire and stayed that way. With Spurs defenders constantly doubling Howard on the catch, Orlando went 4 for 8 from 3-point range in the first quarter.

Vince Carter had 16 of his team-high 24 points and made three 3-pointers in the first, as the Magic shot 64.7 percent, good for just a 29-24 lead. In the second, the Spurs weathered a stretch of 7:25 during which they produced only one field goal, hanging within 62-52 at the half.

The Spurs were successful in limiting Howard to nine points, but Carter and Rashard Lewis (20 points) bombed them.

By the second half, fatigue — and the Magic — caught up to the Spurs.

Orlando's 28-16 third quarter turned the game into a rout again, and by game's end, the Magic had become the first opponent this month to post 100 points on the Spurs.

Afterward, Orlando players were talking openly about winning an NBA championship, after losing to the Lakers in the Finals last season.

“We can't be satisfied just getting to the playoffs,” guard Jameer Nelson said. “After you have a taste of a championship, you want to win it.”

Popovich believes Orlando has a shot.

“They're built for championships,” he said. “They've got everything that it takes.”

If Wednesday showed the Spurs anything, it was how far they are from saying the same.